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052000 VU Information Security Management (2026S)

6.00 ECTS (4.00 SWS), SPL 5 - Informatik und Wirtschaftsinformatik
Continuous assessment of course work
Moodle

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 50 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Tuesday 03.03. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum 5, Kolingasse 14-16, EG00
  • Tuesday 10.03. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum 5, Kolingasse 14-16, EG00
  • Tuesday 17.03. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum 5, Kolingasse 14-16, EG00
  • Tuesday 24.03. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum 5, Kolingasse 14-16, EG00
  • Tuesday 14.04. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum 5, Kolingasse 14-16, EG00
  • Tuesday 21.04. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum 5, Kolingasse 14-16, EG00
  • Tuesday 21.04. 18:30 - 20:00 Seminarraum 5, Kolingasse 14-16, EG00
  • Tuesday 28.04. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum 5, Kolingasse 14-16, EG00
  • Tuesday 05.05. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum 5, Kolingasse 14-16, EG00
  • Tuesday 12.05. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum 5, Kolingasse 14-16, EG00
  • Tuesday 19.05. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum 5, Kolingasse 14-16, EG00
  • Tuesday 26.05. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum 5, Kolingasse 14-16, EG00
  • Tuesday 02.06. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum 5, Kolingasse 14-16, EG00

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The aim of the course is to teach the basics of information security and the structure of information security management systems.

The contents are based on the CISSP certification and the textbooks used. Among others, the following topics are covered:
- Security and Risk Management
- Asset Security
- Security Engineering
- Communications and Network Security
- Identity and Access Management
- Security Assessment and Testing
- Security Operations
- Software Development Security
- Baseline Security
- ISO 2700x, BSI Grundschutz

Assessment and permitted materials

- written or oral examination
- Submission of exercise examples
- Presentation of course content

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

50% to pass.

Grading scheme:
=IF(B2>89;1;IF(B2>79;2;IF(B2>64;3;IF(B2>49;4;5))))
>= 90%: Very good (1)
89-80%: Good (2)
79-65%: Satisfactory (3)
64-50%: Sufficient (4)
< 50%: Not sufficient (5)

Examination topics

Slides of the lectures
Exercise examples
selected chapters of the textbooks

Reading list

- Management of Information Security. 6ed. Whitman
- CISSP All in one. 9th ed. Fernando Maymi, Shon Harris

Association in the course directory

Modul: W1 Vertiefung

Last modified: Tu 07.04.2026 09:25